Photos and biographical article about Ollie Gates, "Kansas City's Crown Prince of barbecue" and community activist as a businessman in depressed areas of the city. Description of his life and career, born...

Photo and article about zoning restrictions for "national retail outlets, or 'big box' stores" being considered in the Brookside shopping district. Brief history of the district, "designed and developed...

Article about a meeting of "members of the Brookside and surrounding communities, both business and residential," about factors threatening to "shift [it] away from local, neighborhood shops to national...

Map of Country Club District including Mission Hills, Indian Hills, Meyer Circle, Stratford Gardens, etc. On back is a map of the greater Kansas City area showing the Country Club district in relation...

Article about Larry Guillot and the latest Pioneer Community College branch of the Metropolitan Community College system at Bannister Mall, a system of providing higher education to the high technology...

Profile of commercial real estate developer Fred Merrill and the Prairiefire retail center in Overland Park, KS. Merrill set out to build Prairiefire in 2006--a time when building construction was slumping--identifying...

Article on the current status of two Kansas City area shopping malls, Metcalf South in Overland Park and Metro North off Barry Road. Once major local retail centers, both malls are almost empty. The article...

Article about the devastating impact on Grandview, Missouri, and its business "heart," Truman Corners, comparing the urban planning dilemma to the national history of shopping malls since their beginnings...

Article about the history of a planned shopping center adjacent to a residential district, both new in 1915, in the vicinity of 31st and Indiana Avenue, and the revitalization of the store buildings of...